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Business: Pedro’s creates first premium ogogoro in Africa

Ogogoro is a West African alcoholic drink extracted locally from palm bushes frequently served to guests or consumed in local bars, and at social occasions in Nigeria. The nearby gin additionally has ordinary attraction and is used in standard wedding ceremonies in some areas of the us of a by fathers of the bride as a […]

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Business: Downsized Hajj Affects Somalia’s Livestock Trade

The Hajj, a time of celebration when Muslims journey to Mecca each year. A pilgrimage that economically benefits Somali cattle breeders and traders whose millions of livestock are imported by Saudi Arabia to nourish the attending pilgrims. However, the dramatic downsizing and imposed restrictions of the event in light of COVID-19 is a hard blow […]

African trade fair a ‘ forum for expanding export markets

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition has invited companies to participate in the second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) set to take place in September in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. The IATF provides a strategic platform to access an integrated African market of more than 1 billion people joined together by the African Continental Free Trade […]

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Border closure hits Dangote, export moved to Congo

Dangote Cement exports from Nigeria to neighbouring countries fell 41% in 2019 when Nigeria’s government closed the land borders. The development has made the dominant cement company in Africa move its exports to Congo Republic, producing from plants in those countries. Nigeria shut its land border in August to curb the smuggling of rice to […]

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Namibia becomes first African country to export red meat to the US

Namibia has become the first African country to export red meat to the US, after nearly two decades of negotiations. The state-owned Meatco’s first shipment of meat, 25 tonnes of beef, set off towards Philadelphia on Wednesday, news agency Reuters reports. Minister of International Relations,Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was pleased that the southern African country was able […]